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I am sorry to hear of this difficult situation.

Is your spouse mentally competent to make decisions about his finances and his care?

Did he earlier appoint you under a POA?

Are you saying he is or is not competent?

Your spouse is mentally competent he can appoint whoever he likes under a POA. If you think he is being unduly pressured then that is another matter of course. So he may be competent but fragile and easily manipulated.

If you think that is the case then your best next step would be to file a report with the Public Guardian and trustee. They will step in and investigate.

Or, if he is competent and wants to appoint you under a POA he can revoke the other POA and appoint you and then you would be in charge.

Do you see what I mean?

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If your spouse wants to make a new power of attorney then he can do that. He is competent. And he can have a lawyer do it by way of video conference or he can just draft it himself or you can and it can be signed and witnessed.

You can still go ahead with the separation agreement. What do you want to do is help your spouse protect himself if he becomes in competent. You just want to make sure that his care is OK. Do you see what I mean?

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Your physical appearance is not needed on the farm. I don't see how it could have any repercussions on your separation agreement if you are two adults consenting. You are not reconciling.

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Then take them to another lawyer for sure!

Yes as he still is your spouse.

Nothing. You would just pay what you owe the lawyer and tell them you are putting things on hold.

No one can change the will except for your spouse. It's absolutely impossible.

If he still designates you as his beneficiary under the life insurance policy you will get that. You can make that a requirement under the separation agreement.

Well if you were going to reconcile tell him you need a new will done.

I don't know what you mean when you ask if you still have any legal rights now but if he dies you can make a claim under the family Law act instead of going by what the Will gives you.

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There is no such thing as being separated by law and if you sign a separation agreement then the separation agreement will state when things have to be done by.

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